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Noah Graham/Getty Images The original Warriors trio has it rolling. They're looking like their 73-win selves. In the Western Conference semifinals, they shut down the Houston Rockets in the final quarter of Game 5 and finished off the series in Game 6. They waltzed to a sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western…

Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press We know the NFL now monetizes everything. If it could, the league would take a piece of Pete Carroll's chewed bubble gum and sell it on NFL.com for $9.99. The league wasn't always this way. The NFL has long been more business than family but never obnoxiously so. That's changed rapidly under the…

LeBron James capped the first round of the NBA playoffs with a single, poignant emoji: a watch. He closed the second round with an emphatic declaration: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion!" Along the way, James smacked the analytics movement, saluted John Singleton and shouted out Muhammad Ali while his team generated an endless stream of intrigue and controversy. All told, it's been a…

B/R Before he was blowing up social media with Blac Chyna, before he was being touted as a world title contender during Canelo-Jacobs fight week, before he was appearing on Showtime as "Mini-Mayweather" amid luxury cars and Las Vegas high-rise apartments, before there was the pristine 21-0 record and the 13 knockouts, before he signed…

Tony Dejak/Associated Press Although the outside world continues to hype the Cleveland Browns heading into this season, general manager John Dorsey has a more conservative outlook. Per The Athletic's Zac Jackson, Dorsey told Cleveland fans "don't believe the hype" while speaking at Cleveland's kickoff party as it begins preparations to host the 2021 NFL draft. …

Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images The NBA has officially announced free agency will begin six hours earlier this summer. K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune provided the official release stating the 2019 free-agency period will begin at 6 p.m. ET on June 30: K.C. Johnson @KCJHoopOur espresso machine says thank you. https://t.co/zbZmsYzfrP The change has been anticipated after being reported by…

Ben Margot/Associated Press Kevin Durant has dealt with a couple of calf injuries in his career, but the current injury he suffered earlier in the 2019 postseason is the most severe of the group. "Nah, it was different. Different," Durant said on Friday when asked if his current injury is similar to his previous ones,…

Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Mario Cristobal is finalizing a one-year extension with Oregon that will keep the head football coach in Eugene through the 2023 season. Per James Crepea of the Oregonian, Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens said the extension is "almost done." The 2018 Ducks went 9-4 and defeated Michigan State in the Redbox Bowl during…

0 of 20 Ideas for superstar third baseman Anthony Rendon, and more!Nick Wass/Associated Press As the 2019 Major League Baseball season's July 31 trade deadline inches closer, a clear picture of which players will be available is beginning to form. Let's find homes for them and imagine what they might bring back for their current…

Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images The pressure didn't get to Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard on Thursday as he scored 35 points to lead his team to a 105-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. After the game, Leonard told reporters that he's "not afraid of the moment" and…